When you know you’re stressed and you know that stress is making you feel unwell, distressed and overburdened, it may get worse if you do nothing. By taking steps to rebalance yourself, you can prevent cumulative stress from overwhelming you and you can regain perspective and equilibrium. The suggested steps are:

1. Identify the stresses in your life via the Work and Home Stress Tables and a Stress Diary.
2. List and prioritise the sources of stress
3. Identify the appropriate stress management strategies
4. Create a Stress Management Plan

Stress Management Resources

• The Work Stress Overview Table looks at your potential work stress
• The Home Stress Overview Table looks at your potential stress at home
• Keeping a Stress Diary offers information on why a stress diary may be useful and how to use it.
• The Stress Diary Template is a diary template to print out, complete and collate your experiences.
• Listing & Prioritising the Sources of Stress advises you on how to use the information you have gathered via the stress tables and the diary
• Identifying appropriate Stress Management Strategies offers support, resources and potential solutions for the stressors you have identified.
• The Stress Management Plan Template is to print out and complete once you have decided on the appropriate strategies and time frame for your circumstances.

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross